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xanax and klonpan are the only thing that helps my panic attacks i tried all the ssri and maoi they dont stop no panic attacks anyone tells you they do they never had panic attacks really. i take 6 mg of xanax and 4 mg of klonpan a day and i been on them for 6 years gradually going up mg. they saved my life and my doctor dont believe you cant take em long term because he isnt helping the drug companies that sell maoi and ssri that try to push there fake medicines and talk badout benzos he believes real chronic panic attacks can only be addressed by benzo and hes right and anyone who tells you they give you a headache is crazy they get rid of a headache if anything maol and ssri are a lot more dangerous then benzos you ever look at the statistics of killing other ppl or there self by suicide by going crazy compare to xanax its like 99 % to 1% and the rate of overdosing on benzo it less then 1% a year like 0.009 each year but there the dangerous drug

I started taking Xanax 15 yrs ago for severe panic & anxiety attacks. I had been working at 2 jobs & one night I blacked out at work. I had gotten real anxious & couldn't breathe. I knew I had panic attacks & couldn't handle public places, but I tried to lead a productive life. I went to the Dr & that is when I began this long road. I was young & never realized that Benzo's are highly addictive. In the beginning I was taking .5 mg 3 times daily. After about 3 yrs I was up to 1mg 5 times daily. After a yr of sleeping alot,I slowly started lowering my own doasge. I got it down to 1mg 3 times daily. Then several stressful things happened in my life. My Dr increased my dosage back to 1mg 4 1/2 times per day. Somedays I would take 2mg other days I would take 4mg. I have never took more than was prescribed. Most of the time I didn't take what was prescribed. The Xanax,along with my therapy sessions, helped with my panic & anxiety attacks. I was actually able to lead a half way normal life taking Xanax. I called the Dr to verify my appt one day only to hear that my Dr had a stroke & suddenly passed away. My appt was rescheduled so they could get a dr in the office to see people. Since I didn't take it as prescribed I had enough to last until my appt. I had to cut my dosage down ALOT. It was then that the harsh reality that I was addicted to Xanax hit me. I guess I thought because I could take less some days that I wasn't addicted. After a few days of 1 mg vs 2mg or 4 mg, I was having some withdrawal symptoms. I was crying, shaking, nervous,anxious, angry,having blurred vision & a bad headache. Then the bottom really fell out. The Dr they had brought in decided I needed to go to the emergency room to be checked before she gave me a new prescription. First of all my panic & anxiety attacks were beginning to become severe & I was having a hard enough time making myself see her. My Dr had become a safe person for me over the yrs. We tend to look for those people when we have high levels of anxiety & avoid things or places that trigger panic attacks.I could not go to a strange Dr & tell him I was having withdrawals from Xanax. I didn't feel I should have to. I was not a drug addict & had not abused my medication ever. I did not ask 15 yrs ago to be put on this drug that the Dr never mentioned was highly addictive. At that time I did not have access to all the wonderful sites that are on the web today. I am not sure I would have found the same thing about the drug then. At one time it was the only drug that was FDA approved for panic & anxiety attacks, I have since found out. I have spent the past 8 months keeping my dosage as low as possible,.5 mg a day. I cry all day, staying in my room,I go outside & I can't see anything cause the sunlight blinds me, then I start shaking, feeling as if I am going to pass out. My body aches, my head hurts,my chest hurts, I can't sleep. My marriage fell apart, because my husband did not marry this sad,angry,crazy person. He married a loving,kind,caring person. I can't count the times I have considered suicide. Thank God I am a strong person who has looked at what my kids & grandkids would go through without me. I just wonder when is this going to end. I am back to the point I was at when I started taking the Xanax originally. Only due to all the extra withdrawal symptoms my anxiety & panic attacks are twice as bad. I can't make myself go back to a Dr. for any health problem. I know I am going to be without ANY Xanax in the next week. I was placed in this situation unwillingly. I realize some Dr's are not too quick to prescribe Xanax today as they were 15 yrs ago. I wasn't a new patient though. Had I not been a smart person who took only what she needed, I'm not sure what would have happened to me. I feel the new Dr is to blame for what I have been going through. A good Dr, if she wanted me to get off of the Xanax,which remember she never said, should have tapered me off with medical supervision. A Dr should know the severity of Xanax withdrawals. Not tell a patient to go to emergency room & say I am having Xanax withdrawals. I would lay here & die before I shamed myself like that. I wonder how many suicides & homicides are because of Dr's playing God & not caring about what patients go through with these medications. I know I still have alot to go through, I just pray it gets better. Hopefully I can write you back in the near future & say I am completely free of all these feelings. If you can possibly choose not to take any Benzo then say no. I do know that it works very well for my symptoms. The price I am paying for my sanity though is not worth one day of the Xanax. Had I known I was going to feel this way I would have said no. Those yrs of living a halfway normal life, has cost me the joy of going out with my kids & grandkids today. If anyone is having withdrawals or feels the need to talk feel free to email me luvyou31301@hotmail.com

i was pulled over for not staying in my lane. distracted driving due to cel phone whitch i did not want to admit to. The officer gave me a field sobriety test and it was negitive for booz.I explained that I worked on a commercial fishing boat and was at sea for 10 hrs and it would be impossable to pass this kind of test. SO they took me to a hospital to draw blood. the test came back showing xanax.I called the national drug hotline and was tolod a blood test for xanax was useless and there is no published high and low concentration limits. the states it is ok to drive with a doctors advice and perscription.so why are the da and judge attempting me to cop to a dui for drugs and a community service sentance ? any tips out there.?

I have a hellish story. Two and one-half years ago, within the time-span of three weeks, I was negligently hit, in a near death collision, while driving in my vehicle, by a semi-truck - TWO times in three weeks. What resulted were two bulging discs in my low back, rib sprain and the onset of post-traumatic stress (I feared driving afterwards) and depression, as my activity level ceased, due to the pain, set in. After months of physical therapy, facet injections, trigger-point injections, my back became worse over time and my leg went numb.

In the meantime, I was seeing a PHd/MD, weekly, for over a year, treating me for PTSD and depression. I was taking 50 mg of Pristiq and 2 mg of xanax.

Three weeks before a major decompression three-hour surgery on my lower lumbar, I was pulled over because someone who I accidently veered near (did not hit), in a car next to me, as I turned left from a stoplight, called me in to 911 and said I was texting, and “all over the road”. An unmarked county deputy caught up to me about five miles away and followed me for three miles. During this time my wheels touched the fog line two times and the yellow line near a divider of this SR once. My leg pain was severe and as I was accelerating from increments of 50, 55 to 60 mph zones, I had to adjust myself in my seat to get my leg comfortable because when I extended my ankle nerve pain caused leg spasms, thus the crossing of lines a few times as my tight-suspended Mercedes Benz swerved lightly. No other cars were around me.

Being honest, I told the deputy I was taking a prescribed medication, and it actually helped me drive without anxiety, but that I had back pain and am being treated for that as well. I physically could not do parts of the field test due to the back pain, for example, standing on one leg. Worse, the field test was conducted on a SR within a 60 mph zone, and I was in a 6 foot shoulder area, with nothing but a rumble strip to guard me from fast-speeding vehicles. My anxiety was soaring. Because it was in the morning and my xanax was time-released, the blood draw from the hospital showed .05 mg in my system.

When he had me in the back of the patrol car, driving me to the hospital to draw blood, he talked on his cell phone, steering with one hand, for about 5 minutes. Again, worsening my condition and so demeaning. It’s against the law in Washington State to talk and drive!

The DA offered me a negligent driving in the 1st degree. I refused. My case has merit and my attorney and I are going to trial this spring. And when I testify in trial I will be under the influence of 2 mg of xanax because 1) I need it to help with PTSD, and 2) to prove to the jury it does not impair me.